Stephen Jackson bows down to no man

With Indiana in town for tonight’s game at the AT&T Center, Spurs swingman Stephen Jackson took the time after shootaround to reflect on his two seasons with the Pacers.

It was a time of crisis for the Texas native, whose reputation took huge hits with his involvement in the Malice at the Palace and a gun incident outside an Indianapolis strip club. But Jackson said those incidents also taught him to think things through, rather than merely act on impulse.

So what of his two technical fouls in the Spurs’ first three games?

“I thought about those techs,” Jackson said. ”I got fouled the second time and the other time (Oklahoma City forward Serge) Ibaka was running his mouth a little too much. I will never get disrespected by nobody. I’m going to go out a man. If I get disrespected tonight (against Indiana) I’m going to get a tech tonight. Point-blank.”

Jackson was not dissuaded when teased that he’d have to sell plenty of 99-cent downloads of his latest hip-hop single, “Lonely At The Top,” to pay the resulting fines. Nor is he worried about any backlash from Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich.

“I don’t listen,” he said. “I’ve got to pay the fine. Nobody else has to pay the fine. Obviously, I won’t get a tech when the game’s tied and there’s a minute left in the game. I won’t do nothing like that to hurt the team. But at the end of time, when I feel somebody ain’t right I’m going to speak on it, and that’s on the court, off the court, in the grocery store, at Best Buy. If something’s not right, I’m going to speak on it.”